compartment
noun /kəmˈpɑːtmənt/
/kəmˈpɑːrtmənt/
- one of the separate sections that something such as a piece of furniture or equipment has for keeping things in
- The desk has a secret compartment.
- There is a handy storage compartment beneath the oven.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- separate
- hidden
- secret
- …
- be divided into
- in a/the compartment
- one of the separate sections that a coach on a train is divided into
- He found an empty first-class compartment.
- I opened the door of the compartment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first-class
- second-class
- non-smoking
- …
- in a/the compartment
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from compartire, from late Latin compartiri ‘divide’.